Personalized Sound Configuration for Telecommunication Services

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing telecommunication services lack effective personalization options for users, particularly in ring tones, ring back tones, and mailbox greetings, leading to indistinguishable user identities and a lack of customization for both personal and business users.

Innovation Solution

A network-based system and method that allows users to personalize sound-based telecommunication services through a sound configuration subsystem and service provision subsystem, enabling the creation and deployment of unique sound compositions using music, voice, text blocks, and sound effects, suitable for both private and business users, with features like authorization control for corporate identity preservation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If standard ring tones and ring back tones are provided, then service simplicity is maintained, but user individuality and distinguishability are compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice simplicityVSAvoiduser individuality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The sound-based service is segmented into multiple independent sound categories (music, voice, text blocks, sound effects), each with multiple selectable sound elements. Users can selectively combine different sounds from each category to create personalized compositions, thereby maintaining operational simplicity while achieving individuality through modular selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides dynamic personalization by allowing users to adjust various parameters of sound compositions including volume, panning, and temporal arrangement. The service evolves from static standard sounds to dynamic user-configured compositions that adapt to individual preferences while maintaining ease of use through automated processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Device complexity

If fixed sound options are provided, then system complexity is reduced, but personalization quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidpersonalization quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The sound configuration subsystem serves multiple functions: it stores sound elements, processes user selections, generates personalized compositions, and interfaces with various telecommunication services (ring tones, ring back tones, mailbox greetings). This multi-functionality achieves high personalization quality without proportionally increasing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The sound configuration subsystem acts as an intermediary between the user and the telecommunication network. It receives user preferences, processes them through automated sound composition algorithms, and delivers personalized results, thereby achieving high personalization quality while keeping the overall system architecture manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Quantity of substance

If users can select from limited sound samples, then available options are constrained, but user distinction and professional appearance are compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesound sample availabilityVSAvoiduser distinction
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from a one-dimensional selection of individual sound samples to a multi-dimensional composition space. Users can combine multiple sound elements across different categories (music, voice, text blocks, sound effects) in various temporal and spatial arrangements, exponentially increasing the number of distinguishable personalized sounds beyond the original limited sample set.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates composite sound compositions by combining multiple sound elements from different categories. Each composition is a unique blend of music tracks, voice samples, text blocks, and sound effects, providing virtually unlimited customization options while maintaining a manageable library of individual sound components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentEP1879372B1Personalization of sound-based telecommunication services
Publication Date: 2010.02.24 HIPROCALL GMBH
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AI summary

A system and a method for providing sound-based telecommunication services to a user of a telecommunication network, wherein said system or method is network-based, comprising a sound configuration for configuring a personalized sound based on predetermined sound categories by way of user operation, and a service provision for providing a personalized sound-based telecommunication service based on a basic sound-based service and the configured personalized sound to the user. The basic sound-based service comprises one of the following: a mailbox greeting service, a ring tone service, a ring back tone service, and an outbound greeting service.